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Itinerary
Day 1 - Tian'men Square, National Museum, Wanfujimen, Duck Dinner, Haidan District
Day 2 - Studio visit: Wang Qingsong, Caochangdi District
Galleries: Pekin Fine Art, Platform, Mizuno Plus One. Jintian Museum, Chaoyang District.
Dinner at Tsinghua University. Engineering Students' Art Clubs (Dance and Music)at Tsinghua.
Day 3 - Studio visit: Yang Qian, Fejiacun District
Today Museum, Chayong District. Snuff bottle demo and snacks in Haidan District.
Day 4 - Studio visit: Bingyi Huang, Second Ring
Central Academy of Fine Art and Dashanzi 798 near the Airport Road
Day 5 - Forbidden City, National Museum, Peking Opera, First Ring
Day 6 - Wei Baogong at Songzhuang Village / tour 798's Longmarch Gallery
Hongquiao Market for dongxi, Hong Theatre for acrobatics
Day 7 - Mutinayu Great Wall
Xin Yeh Xio dinner at Gates Mall, Haidan District
Friday, March 23, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
January 10th, 2012
Please note: A visa information workshop will be held during your pre-program session on Tuesday January 10th, 2012 (FAH 132, 3:30pm-6:15pm). At this time, someone from the Education Abroad Office will review in detail the China visa application process and requirements. The Education Abroad Office will be responsible for sending all passports and visa applications together to the visa processing service, and will have them all sent back to our office. On receipt of returned passports with visas, Education Abroad will notify you to pick them up from the EA Office.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Flight and class information
We dedicate the first class meeting to visa applications and send them, bundled, to a consolidator. I urge everyone to attend this meeting to meet the group, the Study Abroad folk who have helped us, and to process the visas. For those enrolled over 2 credits, China Sampler meets on alternating Tuesdays from 3:30 - 6:15 PM in FAH Room 132.
1/10 - visa applications (Study Abroad folks will join us)
1/24 - TBA
2/07 - Taliesin Thomas, AW Asia - YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!!
She will speak on contemporary Chinese art.
2/21 - TBA
Beijing 3/8-3/17
3/27 - TBA
4/10 - Summary
We'll use the class time for lectures and discussion about China. For 2 credit extended studies students the class is optional; however, the lineup is compelling: Taliesin Thomas, Director, AW Asia New York (linked to the right), Shannon Bassett, Assistant Professor, USF Architecture, Jeanne Travers, USF Theatre & Dance and Kun Shi, Director of the USF Confucius Institute have agreed to visit our class and discuss their relationship to Chinese culture. Thomas will discus contemporary Chinese art; Bassett, her proposal for an exhibit and installation for the Hong-Kong Shenzhen biennale on urbanism/architecture debuting in February 2012, for which she will travel to China; Travers, Chinese dance traditions that she has studied and presented at Minzu University in Beijing, and Kun Shi, ethnic shamanism in China.
Stay tuned: reading film lists will be posted to Blackboard soon.
Have a wonderful break, everyone and do not hesitate to email with any questions or concerns here, or at efc@usf.edu.
1/10 - visa applications (Study Abroad folks will join us)
1/24 - TBA
2/07 - Taliesin Thomas, AW Asia - YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!!
She will speak on contemporary Chinese art.
2/21 - TBA
Beijing 3/8-3/17
3/27 - TBA
4/10 - Summary
We'll use the class time for lectures and discussion about China. For 2 credit extended studies students the class is optional; however, the lineup is compelling: Taliesin Thomas, Director, AW Asia New York (linked to the right), Shannon Bassett, Assistant Professor, USF Architecture, Jeanne Travers, USF Theatre & Dance and Kun Shi, Director of the USF Confucius Institute have agreed to visit our class and discuss their relationship to Chinese culture. Thomas will discus contemporary Chinese art; Bassett, her proposal for an exhibit and installation for the Hong-Kong Shenzhen biennale on urbanism/architecture debuting in February 2012, for which she will travel to China; Travers, Chinese dance traditions that she has studied and presented at Minzu University in Beijing, and Kun Shi, ethnic shamanism in China.
Stay tuned: reading film lists will be posted to Blackboard soon.
Have a wonderful break, everyone and do not hesitate to email with any questions or concerns here, or at efc@usf.edu.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Stefany Martinez of China Sampler, with the USF Health Orchestra!
"USF Health Orchestra" will be playing on Monday Dec 12th at the Nursing Rotunda from 12:15 to 1pm, featuring our very own Stefany Martinez!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Celebrate! China Sampler is a Go!
We have met the minimum number of commitments for the course to run. Pack your bags, folks--we're heading to Beijing! Congratulations on your excellent efforts on such short notice. We are now considering a few more applicants--not too many--but some to round out the group. So keep sharing the good news with friends of yours and welcome to Beijing!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Chinese students, including our very own Ariel DeWitt!
You are cordially invited to attend the 3rd Annual USF Chinese Language Festival and Performance Competition on Monday, November 28th, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 PM in MSC 3707. This is an end of semester celebration of USF Chinese Language program activities. Students from all levels of Chinese classes have been working hard so that they can put some of the skills they have learned this semester on display for you. Please, come support them in this celebration of our students' academic achievements and of traditional Chinese culture! Enjoy performances of Chinese poems, songs, tongue twisters, jokes, stories, and musical performances.
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